Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF CROP PROTECTION
Undergraduate Courses
PROC 4006. TROPICAL PHYTOPATHOLOGY.
Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one
three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
BIOL 3435 or BIOL 3417.
Study of diseases of main tropical plants, including
the host range, symptoms and signs, etiology,
cycles, epiphytology, distribution, economic
importance and control.
PROC 4008. AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY.
Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one
three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
BIOL 4015.
Entomological study from the agricultural
viewpoint, including insects taxonomy, economic
importance, control, methods of collecting,
mounting and preserving insects. A collection of
insects of economic importance is required.
PROC 4016. AGRICULTURAL BACTERIOLOGY.
Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one
three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites:
QUIM 3002 and CFIT 3005.
The study of the chemical, physical and biological
characteristics of bacteria, associated with
agricultural crops, with emphasis on the basic
techniques employed for isolation, culturing,
identification and control.
PROC 4017. WEED CONTROL. Three credit
hours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hour
laboratory per week. Prerequisites: CFIT 3005 and
QUIM 3002.
Classification and identification of weeds of
economic importance, discussion of physiological
principles related to weed control, and eradication,
commercial herbicides usage and other control
methods.
PROC 4018. INTRODUCTION TO AGRO-
NEMATOLOGY. Three credit hours. Two hours
of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: BIOL 4015.
PROC 4019. PESTICIDES AND THEIR USE IN
AGRICULTURE. Three credit hours. Two hours
of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: QUIM 3061.
Studies of pesticides including their chemical
composition, their effects as environmental
contaminants, their mode of action, toxicity and
determination of their residues. Orientation will be
given on management and disposal, methods of
protecting personnel and pertinent federal and state
legislation regarding pesticides usage.
PROC 4025. SUMMER PRACTICUM. Three
credit hours. Thirty hours per week during six
weeks. Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director
of the Department.
Field experience supervised by the Departmental
staff with the collaboration of farmers, private
agricultural industries and governmental
agricultural agencies. A written report will be
required.
PROC 4026. SEMINAR. One credit hour. Onehour
meeting per week.
Review and discussion of the recent literature in
crop protection.
PROC 4995-4996. SPECIAL PROBLEMS. One
to three credit hours per semester. One to three
study and research periods per week. Prerequisite:
Authorization of the Director of the Department.
Study and investigation of a specific problem in the
field of crop protection.
PROC 4997. SUPERVISED PROFESSIONAL
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR COOP
STUDENTS. Three to six credit hours. A
minimum of two practice periods is required, one
of them in a semester. Prerequisites: Authorization
of the Director of the Department and to be a Coop
Program student.
Practical experience in Crop Protection in
cooperation with the private sector or government.
To be jointly supervised by the academic
department, the Coop program coordinator, and an
official from the cooperating entity. A written
report will be required upon completion of each
work period.
History, morphology, classification, and life cycles
of nematodes, with emphasis on phytoparasitic
extraction from soil and plant tissues.
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